Amethi farmer gets free liver transplant
5 years, 2 months ago

Amethi farmer gets free liver transplant

India TV News  

A poor farmer from the Amethi district got a free liver transplant after the department of surgical gastroenterology at King George's Medical University here played good samaritan for him. Singh's wife Vandana, 39, decided to donate a part of her organ, the department helped the patient in applying and procuring financial assistance under the Chief Minister's Asadhya Rog Yojana. A liver transplant costs around Rs 30 lakh at a private hospital, while the expenses at KGMU are said to be around Rs 8 lakh. The head of department, Prof Abhijit Chandra, who led the team of surgeons comprising Dr Vivek Gupta, Dr Vishal Gupta and Dr Pradeep Joshi, said that the surgery procedure took about 12 hours.

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Ludhiana: Liver patient gets new lease of life at city hospital
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Ludhiana: Liver patient gets new lease of life at city hospital

Hindustan Times  

In a lifesaving initiative at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, the unfortunate demise of a 56-year-old woman from Ludhiana led to the donation of her organs, giving a new lease of life to multiple individuals. Following the declaration of brain death, the hospital’s in-house organ retrieval and transplantation team, including the critical care and anaesthesia team led by Dr PL …

HC orders Delhi hospital to decide on 17-yr-old’s liver donation plea
5 months ago

HC orders Delhi hospital to decide on 17-yr-old’s liver donation plea

Hindustan Times  

Punjab and Haryana high court disposed of a plea by a 17-year-old seeking permission to donate liver to his ailing father with directions to the hospital’s authorisation committee to decide his representation within a week. HC orders Delhi hospital to decide on 17-yr-old’s liver donation plea A Ludhiana resident, Rudhra Kapoor had moved the high court seeking permission to allow …

Free renal, liver transplants up to ₹3 lakh in Haryana
6 months, 1 week ago

Free renal, liver transplants up to ₹3 lakh in Haryana

Hindustan Times  

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini has approved a proposal under which free renal and liver transplant services up to ₹3 lakh will be provided to eligible patients under the Mukhya Mantri Muft Ilaj Yojana. The Haryana chief minister has approved a proposal under which free renal and liver transplant services up to ₹ 3 lakh will be provided to …

Odisha woman plays donor in SCB’s 1st liver transplant
9 months ago

Odisha woman plays donor in SCB’s 1st liver transplant

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: After a long wait of over a decade, the first ever complex liver transplantation was conducted on a patient with end-stage liver disease at SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack on Wednesday. With this, Odisha’s premier medical institution became the first government health facility to start liver transplantation in the state. The 10-hour long procedure was conducted on …

SoBo businessman helps KEM restart liver transplants
10 months, 2 weeks ago

SoBo businessman helps KEM restart liver transplants

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 14 years after its first attempt to transplant a live liver failed following the deaths of both recipient and donor, KEM hospital in Parel last week restarted its services, with a dedicated intensive care unit to tackle after-surgery infections. SoBo businessman helps KEM restart liver transplants The credit for this achievement goes to a Walkeshwar-based businessman, who made a …

KGMU docs perform two liver transplants in two days; donors & recipients discharged
1 year, 7 months ago

KGMU docs perform two liver transplants in two days; donors & recipients discharged

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW In a life-saving feat, doctors at the King George’s Medical University conducted two successful liver transplants in two days. Another patient, a 33-year-old male Siddharthnagar-resident, was suffering from hepatitis B with advanced stage liver cirrhosis. “More than two lakh patients suffer from liver cirrhosis in India per year. Only about 2,000 liver transplants are done in India per year,” …

Transplantation best solution for people with end stage liver failure, says expert
1 year, 9 months ago

Transplantation best solution for people with end stage liver failure, says expert

The Hindu  

Senior liver transplant surgeon and founder of South Asian Liver Institute Prof. Dr. Tom Cherian said liver transplantation is the optimal treatment solution for patients with advanced liver failure. Speaking at a press conference held here on Saturday on the occasion of the completion of six months since the inauguration of the Manipal-South Asian Liver Unit in collaboration with Manipal …

Liver transplant done at NRI General Hospital
2 years, 6 months ago

Liver transplant done at NRI General Hospital

The Hindu  

Doctors at NRI General Hospital in Guntur district have successfully performed a liver transplant on a farmer from Movva in Krishna district. A team of doctors led by Dr. Srikanth removed the liver from the woman and shifted it to NRI Hospital on Sunday through a green channel arranged by police from Kurnool to Mangalagiri. Dr. Srikanth said that the …

Young girl gives new lease of life to her father by donating liver
3 years ago

Young girl gives new lease of life to her father by donating liver

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Twenty-one-year-old Vani has given a new lease of life to her ailing father by donating her liver for transplant. A team of doctors of Care Hospitals, Vizag performed the 16-hour long surgery to harvest liver from the young girl to save her father from end-stage liver disease. Liver transplant surgeon Dr Mohamad Nayeem, who came here from Hyderabad for …

A Rakhi Gift Like No Other: Critically-lll Teen Gets Lease of Life After Sisters Donate Portions of Liver
3 years, 4 months ago

A Rakhi Gift Like No Other: Critically-lll Teen Gets Lease of Life After Sisters Donate Portions of Liver

News 18  

A 14-year-old boy who was terminally ill with liver failure has received a new lease of life, thanks to his two elder sisters who donated portions of their organs to him for a challenging transplant surgery, doctors said on Saturday. The teenager from Budaun in Uttar Pradesh had undergone the surgery recently at a leading private facility in Gurgaon, and …

9-month-old Iraqi Boy Gets New Lease of Life After Liver Transplant at Delhi Hospital
3 years, 11 months ago

9-month-old Iraqi Boy Gets New Lease of Life After Liver Transplant at Delhi Hospital

News 18  

A nine-month-old boy from Iraq got a new lease of life after undergoing liver transplant a hospital in Delhi. Hamad's mother donated a part of her liver to save her son's life who was born after three kids who died perhaps of a similar disease that could not be diagnosed and treated timely, the hospital said. According to Dr Sailendra …

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